#13 in Top 20 Bali for A Wellness Retreat · ★★★★★
Padma Resort Ubud
Cliff-edge infinity pool, family-friendly wellness, for couples and groups together.
Cliff-edge infinity pool, family-friendly wellness, for couples and groups together.
"The Padma Group's Payangan property, the working family-resort Ubud anchor, 89 by infinity pool."
Why this rank, Padma Resort Ubud opened in 2013 on a steep Payangan ridge above the Ayung River valley, 25 minutes north of central Ubud. 149 rooms and villas across the property. The 89-metre infinity pool (one of the longest hotel pools in Bali) is the property's working family-and-resort anchor. The Padma Spa runs Balinese-tradition treatments. The dining programme includes Padma Brasserie, the Open Stage Restaurant, and the Pool Bar. The Padma Group (an Indonesian hospitality operator) runs the property at a different scale from the smaller Ubud boutiques: more family-resort, more amenity-rich, more children's-club-friendly. The Payangan ridge position gives the property the working family-resort Ubud option with the jungle setting that the Nusa Dua family resorts cannot deliver. Best for the working family-resort Ubud Bali stay.
Best room: Premium Club Pool Suite, one-bedroom, private pool
"Cliff-edge infinity pool, family-friendly wellness, for couples and groups together."
Padma Resort Ubud is the largest property on this list and the most family-friendly. The hotel sits on a cliff edge in Payangan, twelve kilometres north of central Ubud, with one of the most-photographed jungle-cliff infinity pools in Bali, the 89-metre pool runs the length of the property and aims directly into the canyon. Two hundred and eight rooms and villas (the largest count on this list by a wide margin), distributed across multiple buildings on the cliff. The Mahogany Spa is one of the larger spa operations in central Bali, twelve treatment rooms, two yoga shalas, a Watsu pool. The Padma Wellness Hub runs daily yoga, Balinese cooking classes, and a teen wellness programme that gives Padma a unique position on this list, the only resort here that does meaningful wellness for travellers under 18. Padma is the right pick for the multi-generational wellness retreat, the family group, the yoga-and-the-grandparents trip, where a serious wellness programme has to coexist with a children's club and a buffet breakfast.
Premier Pool Suite (private plunge pool) or Family Suite for the multi-generational option.
The 89-metre pool is the asset, swim laps at 6am for empty water. Book the Mahogany Spa couples' Balinese massage for the day-two afternoon. The Bali kids' yoga programme runs daily for ages 8-15.
Padma Resort Ubud sits within our broader Top 20 Hotels in Bali for a Wellness Retreat list. It scored an aggregate 9.3/10 across the three editorial criteria, competitive against the field but, on a wellness retreat-specific factors, the angle above is what earned its rank. For the alternatives in the same Bali neighbourhood, see Payangan, Ubud and adjacent. For a different city entirely, see the related lists below.
If you have already chosen the dates, our editor recommends booking the room twelve weeks ahead. The best suites with the right view orientation go first, and inventory for the popular months is quoted in months, not weeks. Suite-level rooms with private plunge pools or terraces, the ones that earn this rank, are typically the first to sell out.
Editorial · #15 on the Top 20 Hotels in Bali 2026 list
Padma Resort Ubud's case for the Bali stay is the family-resort scale combined with the 89-metre infinity pool. The 2013 Padma Group property on a steep Payangan ridge above the Ayung River valley is the working family-resort Ubud anchor.
The 149 rooms and villas across the property include the Premium Club Pool Suite, the One-Bedroom Suite, and the multi-bedroom Family Suite.
The 89-metre infinity pool (one of the longest hotel pools in Bali) is the property's working family-and-resort anchor. The Padma Spa runs Balinese-tradition treatments. The dining programme includes Padma Brasserie, the Open Stage Restaurant, and the Pool Bar. The Padma Group (an Indonesian hospitality operator) runs the property at a different scale from the smaller Ubud boutiques: more family-resort, more amenity-rich, more children's-club-friendly. The Payangan ridge position gives the property the working family-resort Ubud option with the jungle setting that the Nusa Dua family resorts cannot deliver. Best for the working family-resort Ubud Bali stay.